Prospect Info: 2020 NHL Entry Draft (Round #1 - 10/6/20 @ 7pm ET)

[rt]

I'd love to make a move for Mavrik Bourque. Not many players continue to impress me as much as he does. I probably wouldn't move up this year though, not many assets to work with as it is.

How about his teammate Ponomarev? I’m assuming the Yotes are keeping a close eye given that Valentin Nussbaumer is also on the team.

All I know about him is that he’s a center, a gym rat, a hockey nerd, having a pretty good first year as an import, and does really slick, slippery, nifty shit in highlight videos. Like discount Datsyuk stuff.

 

[Vinny Boombatz]

How about his teammate Ponomarev? I’m assuming the Yotes are keeping a close eye given that Valentin Nussbaumer is also on the team.

All I know about him is that he’s a center, a gym rat, a hockey nerd, having a pretty good first year as an import, and does really slick, slippery, nifty shit in highlight videos. Like discount Datsyuk stuff.

Valentin Nussbaumer went back to Switzerland, he's playing for EHC Biel-Bienne

 

[rt]

Valentin Nussbaumer went back to Switzerland, he's playing for EHC Biel-Bienne

Good catch. Forgot about that. He played the first half of the season for Shawinigan, though. My point was just that the Coyotes have probably scouted the team quite a bit. Given they had a prospect on the team and the team also features a highly touted soon to be 1st rounder in Mavrik Bourque.

 

[tucknroll]

How about his teammate Ponomarev? I’m assuming the Yotes are keeping a close eye given that Valentin Nussbaumer is also on the team.

All I know about him is that he’s a center, a gym rat, a hockey nerd, having a pretty good first year as an import, and does really slick, slippery, nifty shit in highlight videos. Like discount Datsyuk stuff.

I like him, got really intrigued by him due to his production at the international level. In my viewings of him he's strong on the puck, protects it well and plays a smart two-way game. Decent skater though id like to see more speed and knows where his teammates are. I just question his offensive upside, I think he's more likely to fit in a bottom 6 role and to me that's not the type of player i'm aiming for in the first 2-3 rounds. (Maybe 3rd depending on who's still available). In the second i'd rather draft an offensive stud with a couple warts that other teams have passed on. Like last year with Robertson because he was small.

Player that i really like at this moment is Seth Jarvis, IF he ends up falling to a spot where Arizona can get him he'd be a steal in my opinion.

 

[rt]

I’m not against drafting small players or wingers or WHLers. The Coyotes don’t draft out do that league though and they don’t draft small wingers much. At least not in the first few rounds.

 

[rt]

Wouldn't mind adding big 18 year old defenseman who hits and fights like that in the KHL. Handled himself well in a rivalry playoff brawl recently. Nikishin is projected to go mid-2nd. Could be there at our pick.

 

[tucknroll]

Love showing people that video. Kid hits to hurt people.
I question his actual skill level though. Personally wouldn't take him in the second.

 

[rt]

Love showing people that video. Kid hits to hurt people.
I question his actual skill level though. Personally wouldn't take him in the second.

Tough to know whether he’s Orlov or Lyubushkin or something in between.

 

[tucknroll]

Reasons like that are why I rather just trade for D or sign them instead of drafting them early. Unless its an elite talent (Drysdale, Hughes), a complete steal because the player falls due to whatever reason (Wilde, Girard, Chychrun) or you have lots of available picks and you're still guarenteed high quality forwards (Rangers, LA and Carolina the past few years). Between those 3 teams there has been 24 picks in the top 2 rounds, in the last 3 years and only 5 were D (none were the teams first pick in the draft). As opposed to Arizona who has taken 4 D in their last 5 picks.

 

[lanky]

11.4% probability of a lottery win, which would let us keep the pick. It's time for the lottery gods to be kind to us.

 

[rt]

11.4% probability of a lottery win, which would let us keep the pick. It's time for the lottery gods to be kind to us.

1st gets us BPA. 2nd & 3rd could get us a grade A center prospect in either Byfield or Rossi. Of course it’s always possible we do something insane like Drysdale or Askarov.

 

[hbk]

1st gets us BPA. 2nd & 3rd could get us a grade A center prospect in either Byfield or Rossi. Of course it’s always possible we do something insane like Drysdale or Askarov.

I love Rossi’s creativity.

 

[MIGs Dog]

Wouldn't mind adding big 18 year old defenseman who hits and fights like that in the KHL. Handled himself well in a rivalry playoff brawl recently. Nikishin is projected to go mid-2nd. Could be there at our pick.

An open-ice hip check. When's the last time you saw anyone on the Yotes roster do that? Derek Morris comes to mind.

 

[tucknroll]

I just hope we don't get 2OV (unless we trade down to 5ish and get another second rounder which id love), whoever drafts second is pretty much forced to take Byfield and i hate the idea of Byfield at 2nd. Not that he isn't good, but i think others will be better.
Also hope we can get a few free prospects without having to use draft picks. I like Pavel Gogolev (Guelph Storm), Patrick Khodorenko (Michigan State) and Jordan Kawaguchi (North Dakota) if he's willing to leave school a year early.

 

[rt]

LOL - I hear you, but I'd love to win the 2nd overall pick and draft Byfield. haha. I understand your point, but I'm definitely not going to hope against that scenario.

How's this scenario: win our last five games in regulation, Hall has 8 points in those games, and we fail to make the playoffs on a tie-breaker. Hall decides he wants to stay and finish what he started and we re-sign him. Then we win the 1st overall anyway because of the Hall curse. Then we fire Tocchet anyway despite the late season surge because it was too little too late. We keep Hall, get the 1OV, and and new coaching staff.

 

[lanky]

I'd draft Byfield 1st OA. Not just because he's a perfect fit for the Yotes, I'd do the same for any other club.

 

[rt]

I'd draft Byfield 1st OA. Not just because he's a perfect fit for the Yotes, I'd do the same for any other club.

Whoa. Everyone seems to be souring on him a little. I feel like it's very en vogue to drop him to the 3-5 range.

 

[hbk]

Whoa. Everyone seems to be souring on him a little. I feel like it's very en vogue to drop him to the 3-5 range.

He’s down as low as 4 or 5 on some lists.

 

[rt]

I'm loving the scouting reports, highlights, and stats on Marat Khusnutdinov. Could be a nice pickup with our 2nd. I also like that he's a July birthday. So he'll still be 17 on draft day. SKA St.P is a great program for him to be in. He's a small center but supposedly really advanced defensively. And he's got crazy slick, slippery, go to the net moves. Highlight reel stuff. I like the idea of a kid developing over there for a few years and coming over when he's ready to push for a spot. He plays with Podkolzin who has a similar outlook. I really don't mind it. I don't need my Russian prospects to be in Halifax or Sudbury or wherever. I'm cool if they want to stay home until they think they're ready to push for an NHL spot.

 

[lanky]

He’s down as low as 4 or 5 on some lists.

Which is absurd.

 

[MIGs Dog]

Considering we probably are missing the playoffs, if we win one of the top 3 picks we get to keep it...correct? Our lottery luck sucks, just trying to understand the trade details.

 

[hbk]

Considering we probably are missing the playoffs, if we win one of the top 3 picks we get to keep it...correct? Our lottery luck sucks, just trying to understand the trade details.

We only keep our first this year if we win one of the 3 lottery picks.

 

[MIGs Dog]

We only keep our first this year if we win one of the 3 lottery picks.

Thanks. That's what I was trying to say.

 

[lanky]

Considering we probably are missing the playoffs, if we win one of the top 3 picks we get to keep it...correct? Our lottery luck sucks, just trying to understand the trade details.

Correct.

11.4% probability of a lottery win, which would let us keep the pick. It's time for the lottery gods to be kind to us.

 

[rt]

We only keep our first this year if we win one of the 3 lottery picks.

Yes. And then the 1st owed to New Jersey slides to next year. They’d get our 2021 1st. And either our second or third, depending on if Hall re-signs here.